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Perdue reaches across party lines for judicial appointment

I'm a couple of days behind on this, but kudos to Gov. Bev Perdue for appointing Eric Levinson to the Superior Court bench in Mecklenburg County.

What's so notable?

First, Levinson is highly qualified. In fact, he has served on the N.C. Court of Appeals.

He resigned in 2007 to take a U.S. Department of Justice position in Iraq, advising that country's judicial system. Perdue gave him appropriate recognition for his service to country.

Finally, although North Carolina's judiciary is nonpartisan, Levinson happens to be a Republican. Perdue, a Democrat, reached across party lines to choose a good judge for this post. That's a positive step toward taking partisan politics out of our courts.

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Posted by Doug Clark on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 2:16 pm

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Dogwood

July 2, 2009 - 4:50 pm EDT

July 3rd, beware that a sole district elected judge will be in charge. She won her election in Nov. was sworn in Jan. and went on sick leave. She had just graduated from law school and passed her board exam a few years earlier. I hope everyone is out of town Friday if they need judicial review.

Doug

July 2, 2009 - 9:15 pm EDT

Today was the furlough day. Friday's a holiday. Any disasters in the Guilford County courthouse?

Connie Mack Jr

July 2, 2009 - 6:34 pm EDT

Good for Eric! Has it ever occured to you in all of the years of young Eric legal career, he has never been on the payroll in the private sector or in private practice.......It always amazes me in this depression with tons of lawyers out of work, some folks are just plain political lucky with State funded campaigns.